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====== How to count all the files in a directory ======
<color darkorange>2016</color>

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Updated <color darkorange>Jun 2017</color>
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To find all of the files in a folder or directory, use:
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    find . -type f | wc -l
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The <color #ed1c24>-type f</color> means files
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To find all the sub directories, use:
    find . -type d | wc -l
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The <color #ed1c24>-type d</color> means directories. <color #ed1c24>Please Note:</color> The directory you are searching in is counted, so even with no sub directories, the count will be 1.
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    ls -l -R /path | wc -l
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Or:
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    find "/home/charles/testarea" -daystart -type f -mtime +6 | wc -l
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Or:
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#Delete subfolders from "/home/charles/testarea"\\ 
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#clear terminal window\\ 
echo -e "\033c"\\ 
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find "/home/charles/testarea" -mindepth 1  -mtime +6 -type d  | while read x; do echo "---------" ; echo Deleting folder "$x" ; rm -R "$x";
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done